On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 05:08:20PM -0600, Adam DiCarlo wrote: > I'd like to make a "best practices" note in the developers-reference > about how to indicate the upstream author, author's email, and home > page in the package description. I think this is would be a nice > thing. > > Ideally debian/control's known fields would be extended, e.g., > > Upstream-Maintainer: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Upstream-Homepage: http://whatever.sourceforge.net/ > > Is this worthy of filing as a wishlist on dpkg?
I think the URL is enough, no need for the maintainer info there, there's no demand for that. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness.